Cotton-press



f A. A.- JANNEY.

Cotton-Press No. 227,013. Patented April 27; I880.

WITNESSES: I JJINVBNTOR:

ATTORNEYS.

NJ-FTERB. PHOTD-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ALFRED A. JANNEY, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

COTTON-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,013, dated April 27, 1880'. Application filed February 25, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED A. JANNEY, of the city and county of Montgomery, and State of Alabama, have invented a new and Improved Ootton-Press; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in the class of cotton and hay presses in which the follower is worked by a screw that passes through a nut to which the required rotary motion is imparted by means of lateral sweeps or levers.

The improvement consists in the means for supporting and securing the levers and forming a vertical guide for the screw, so that the levers are prevented from rocking or swaying as strain is applied in the operation of packing.

The construction and arrangement of parts are as hereinafter described, and shown in accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is mainly a side view with parts in section and broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 00 at, Fig. 1.

The frame in which the press-box A is secured consists of the parallel top and bottom plates, B G, and vertical connecting-rods D D.

The follower or follower-block E is attached to the lower end of the screw F, which passes' their upper ends rest on and are secured to the inclined and laterally-flanged shoulders 0 of the metal tube L, which rests on the driver I, and is secured thereto by bolts d, which pass through its horizontal flange e, and also through the driver-iron H, thereby subserving a double purpose. v

The driver-iron H has a polygonal socket to receive the head of nut G, and the two are still more firmly secured together by means of clamp-screws. The rotation of the nut G will obviously work the screw F and the attached follower E up or down, since the nut is itself immovable in a vertical direction.

The driver I, levers K, and tube L constitute one rigid frame, and hence operate as one device for imparting rotation to the nut G, and thereby working the follower in the required manner.

The tube L serves as a support for the levers K and a guide for the screw, so that the levers are prevented from rocking or swaying, but held firm and steady while rotating around the screw as a center. The friction on the screw is therefore less and the durability of the press is greater than others of its class.

What I claim is 1. In a screw-press, the guide and supporting tube L, having the inclined shoulders c at its upper end and horizontal flange e at its lower end, as shown and ,described, to adapt it for use as specified.

2. The combination,with the levers K, driveriron H, driver 1, and screw F, of the tube L, having the shoulders c and flanges e, and serving as a guide and support, as shown and described.

ALFRED ADDISON J ANNEY.

Witnesses RALPH WILLIAMS, F. A. PoMERoY. 

